2026 Medical Conference Abstract Deadlines
A living calendar of abstract submission deadlines for 2026 medical conferences across Saudi Arabia, the GCC and worldwide. Every entry below links to the full event profile with the organiser, venue, CME credits and the official submission portal.
How abstract deadlines usually work
- Main call opens 6–9 months before the meeting and closes 3–6 months out.
- Late-breaking windows reopen 4–8 weeks before the meeting, and are normally limited to new trial or outbreak data.
- Acceptance notifications land 4–10 weeks after the deadline; presenters usually must register by an early-bird cut-off.
- Saudi and GCC societies often accept abstracts in English only, with a 250–350 word structured limit.
Open calls for abstracts (84)
| Abstract deadline | Conference | Specialty | Location | Event dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2026 | Public Health 2027 — CPHA National Conference Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) | Public Health | Vancouver | 16 Mar 2027 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | 42nd Annual EAU Congress (EAU27) European Association of Urology (EAU) | Urology | Amsterdam | 19 Mar 2027 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | 16th Saudi Digestive Disease Forum (SDDF 2026) Saudi Gastroenterology Association | Gastroenterology | Jeddah | 17 Dec 2026 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | 20th Annual Conference of the Saudi Orthodontic Society (SOS 2026) Saudi Orthodontic Society | Dentistry | Riyadh | 10 Dec 2026 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 2027 AAAAI Annual Meeting — American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) | Immunology & Allergy | New Orleans | 19 Feb 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | STS 2026 International Conference Saudi Thoracic Society (STS) in collaboration with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) | Pulmonology | Riyadh | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | SITC 2026 — 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) | Hematology / Oncology | Phoenix | 4 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 70th Turkish National Pediatrics Congress & 2nd International Congress of the Turkish National Pediatric Society Türkiye Milli Pediatri Derneği (Turkish National Pediatric Society) | Pediatrics | Antalya | 4 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 15th International Conference of the Jordan Orthopaedic Association (JOA 2026) Jordan Orthopaedic Association | Orthopedics | Amman | 4 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 5th Medina Gynecology & Obstetrics International Congress (MedGO 2026) Dr. Ali Alhibshi / Top House Conferences | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Madinah | 4 Nov 2026 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | 6th International Infection Prevention & Control Conference (IPC 2026) Ministry of Defense Health Services · organised by Maarefah Management | Infectious Disease | Riyadh | 13 Dec 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | The Liver Meeting 2026 (TLM) — AASLD American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) | Hepatology | Denver | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 2026 AAHKS Annual Meeting — American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) | Orthopedics | Dallas | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | ACR Convergence 2026 — American College of Rheumatology American College of Rheumatology (ACR) | Rheumatology | Orlando | 6 Nov 2026 |
| 10 Nov 2026 | 2nd GCC Pediatric Associations Conference 2026 GCC Pediatric Association & Kuwait Medical Association | Pediatrics | Kuwait City | 20 Nov 2026 |
| 10 Nov 2026 | 17th IHEA World Congress on Health Economics International Health Economics Association (IHEA) | Health Economics | Santiago | 10 Jul 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 11th Saudi Pediatric Neurology Society Conference and Workshops (SPNS 2026) Saudi Pediatric Neurology Society (SPNS) | Pediatrics | Jeddah | 11 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 11th MENA Stroke Congress & 2nd Emirates Cerebrovascular & Stroke Forum 2026 MENA Stroke Organization (MENASO) — Managed by MCO | Neurology | Abu Dhabi | 13 Nov 2026 |
| 15 Nov 2026 | Deep Dive 2026 Family Medicine Conference Saudi Society of Family and Community Medicine | Family Medicine | Al Khobar | 7 Dec 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | National Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Healthcare Conference 2026 National Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology (NICHE) Division, Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) Singapore | Infectious Disease | Singapore | 16 Nov 2026 |
| 18 Nov 2026 | ESCMID Global 2027 — Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) | Infectious Disease | Stockholm | 9 Apr 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 8th Plastic Aesthetic Surgery Meeting (PASM 2026) Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons (SAPS) | Plastic Surgery | Singapore | 18 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 2nd JOSCRS International Meeting — Jordanian Ophthalmological Society Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Amman 2026 Jordanian Ophthalmological Society (JOS) — Cataract & Refractive Surgery Section | Ophthalmology | Amman | 18 Nov 2026 |
| 19 Nov 2026 | 41st International Saudi Otorhinolaryngology Society Conference (SORL 2027) Saudi Otorhinolaryngology Society (SORL) | ENT / Otolaryngology | Jeddah | 25 Mar 2027 |
| 19 Nov 2026 | ESC Preventive Cardiology European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) | Cardiology | Lisbon | 15 Apr 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | NAPCRG 54th Annual Meeting North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) | Family Medicine | Toronto | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | AACE MENA Annual Conference 2026 American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) | Endocrinology | Dubai | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 2nd Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement Disorders Surgery Congress Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement Disorders Surgery Society — hosted by the Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul University | Neurosurgery | Istanbul | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 60th Turkish Ophthalmological Association National Congress (TOD 2026) Türk Oftalmoloji Derneği (Turkish Ophthalmological Association) | Ophthalmology | Antalya | 25 Nov 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | MeCC 2026 — The Mediterranean Cardiovascular Conference (Antalya) Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (TSCVS) | Cardiology | Antalya | 26 Nov 2026 |
| 30 Nov 2026 | 31st WONCA Europe Conference 2027 — Ljubljana WONCA Europe | Family Medicine | Ljubljana | 9 Jun 2027 |
| 30 Nov 2026 | EDEC 2027 — 17th Emirates Diabetes & Endocrine Congress Emirates Diabetes & Endocrine Society | Endocrinology | Dubai | 19 Mar 2027 |
| 1 Dec 2026 | WSRM 2027 — 14th Congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM) | General Surgery | Istanbul | 3 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | EBMA 2026 — Annual European Conference on Assessment in Medical Education European Board of Medical Assessors (EBMA) | Medical Education | Online | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 5th Saudi Conference on Forensic Medical Sciences (SCFMS 2026) Saudi Society of Forensic Medical Sciences | Pathology | Riyadh | 1 Dec 2026 |
| 3 Dec 2026 | HEALTHINF 2027 — 20th International Conference on Health Informatics INSTICC (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication) | Health Informatics | Valletta | 19 Feb 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | PMFG Summit 2026 — Precision Medicine & the Future of Genomics (Doha) Sidra Medicine | Internal Medicine | Doha | 7 Dec 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | 3rd Annual Conference of the Gulf Society for Cardiac Surgery (GSCS 2026) Gulf Society for Cardiac Surgery (GSCS) in collaboration with WSPCHS | Cardiology | Jeddah | 10 Dec 2026 |
| 14 Dec 2026 | European Congress of Radiology (ECR) European Society of Radiology | Radiology | Vienna | 3 Mar 2027 |
| 25 Dec 2026 | 13th Saudi Society for Rheumatology Conference (SSRC 2027) Saudi Society for Rheumatology (SSR) | Rheumatology | Madinah | 25 Mar 2027 |
| 31 Dec 2026 | POSS27 — 4th Precision Oncology Saudi Summit King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre – Madinah, with the Saudi Society for Blood Disorders | Hematology / Oncology | Madinah | 21 Jan 2027 |
| 31 Dec 2026 | TKRCD 2027 — 21st Turkish Congress of Colon and Rectal Surgery & 14th Colorectal Surgery Nursing Congress Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (TSCRS / TKRCD) | Colorectal Surgery | Antalya | 13 Apr 2027 |
| 5 Jan 2027 | ADA 87th Scientific Sessions 2027 — American Diabetes Association American Diabetes Association (ADA) | Endocrinology | Washington, D.C. | 18 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 9th Moorfields UAE: A Year in Focus — International Ophthalmology Conference 2027 Moorfields Eye Hospitals UAE | Ophthalmology | Dubai | 9 Jan 2027 |
| 10 Jan 2027 | 36th Congress of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) European Society of Hypertension (ESH) | Cardiology | Basel | 10 Jun 2027 |
| 14 Jan 2027 | EAN Congress 2027 — 13th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (Gothenburg) European Academy of Neurology (EAN) | Neurology | Gothenburg | 12 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | Cairo Retina Meeting 2027 (CRM 2027) Cairo Retina Meeting — ICOM Group | Ophthalmology | Cairo | 14 Jan 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | EROC Global Forum 2027 — Emirates Rhinology & Otology Conference (16th Edition) Emirates Otorhinolaryngology Society & MCI Middle East | ENT / Otolaryngology | Dubai | 14 Jan 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | SIRS 2027 — 10th Annual Scientific Congress of the Saudi Interventional Radiology Society Saudi Interventional Radiology Society (SIRS) | Radiology | Riyadh | 14 Jan 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | International Surgical Pathology Conference 2027 (ISPC 2027) — 37th Congress of IAP Arab Division National Reference Laboratory (NRL) & International Academy of Pathology – Arab Division | Pathology | Abu Dhabi | 14 Jan 2027 |
| 19 Jan 2027 | EASL Congress 2027 — The International Liver Congress (London) European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) | Gastroenterology | London | 16 Jun 2027 |
| 20 Jan 2027 | 7th Brain Conference Brain and Brain Communications / Guarantors of Brain | Neurology | London | 12 Mar 2027 |
| 21 Jan 2027 | ESC Cardio-Oncology 2027 ESC Council of Cardio-Oncology · European Society of Cardiology | Cardiology | Porto | 4 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | RSH 2027 — 5th Riyadh Structural Heart Conference Riyadh Structural Heart Conference (Chairman: Prof. Mohammed Balghith) | Cardiology | Riyadh | 21 Jan 2027 |
| 27 Jan 2027 | RACS 95th Annual Scientific Congress (ASC 2027) Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) | General Surgery | Melbourne | 29 Apr 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 2nd International Cardiogenic Shock Congress (ICSC 2027) MENA Conference — Middle East North Africa Conference Company LLC | Cardiology | Abu Dhabi | 28 Jan 2027 |
| 28 Feb 2027 | MEDINFO 2027 — 21st World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics Emirates Health Informatics Society (EHIS) / Emirates Medical Association / International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) | Health Informatics | Dubai | 30 Aug 2027 |
| 9 Mar 2027 | CSANZ 2027 — 75th Annual Scientific Meeting & ANZET 2027 Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) | Cardiology | Auckland | 5 Aug 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | AiMH 2027 — 3rd International Conference on AI in Medicine and Healthcare AiMH Conference | Health Informatics | Malé | 23 Mar 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 13th International Congress for Joint Reconstruction, Middle East (ICJR ME 2027) ICJR Middle East — InfoPlus Events LLC | Orthopedics | Dubai | 2 Apr 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | PICS–IPC Istanbul 2027 — 3rd Annual Congenital & Structural Interventions Meeting PICS Society, IPC Milan & Turkish Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery | Cardiology | Istanbul | 14 Apr 2027 |
| 15 Apr 2027 | 26th WONCA World Conference 2027 — Cape Town WONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors) · South African Academy of Family Physicians · WONCA Africa · PRIMAFAMED Network | Family Medicine | Cape Town | 3 Nov 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | ICEWWH 2027 — International Conference on Employee Wellbeing and Workplace Health Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) | Public Health | Doha | 29 Apr 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | ASID Annual Scientific Meeting Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) | Infectious Disease | Cairns | 5 May 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | RANZCP 2027 Congress — Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) | Psychiatry | Christchurch | 16 May 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 34th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2027) European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) | Endocrinology | Munich | 18 May 2027 |
| 20 May 2027 | SNSIG Research Opportunities — Saudi Neurosurgery Interest Group Saudi Neurosurgery Interest Group (SNSIG) | Neurosurgery | Online | 20 May 2026 |
| Rolling / TBA | Heart Failure 2027 — HFA Congress of the European Society of Cardiology (London) Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology | Cardiology | London | 22 May 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | Euroanaesthesia 2027 — ESAIC Annual Congress (Copenhagen) European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) | Anesthesiology | Copenhagen | 29 May 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | ERA 2027 — 64th Congress of the European Renal Association (Rotterdam) European Renal Association (ERA) | Nephrology | Rotterdam | 3 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 2027 ASCO Annual Meeting American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | Hematology / Oncology | Chicago | 4 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | EULAR 2027 European Congress of Rheumatology EULAR – European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology | Rheumatology | Berlin | 9 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | IFEM Global Congress on Emergency Medicine 2027 International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) | Emergency Medicine | Kuala Lumpur | 10 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 20th International Healthcare, Hospital Management, Nursing and Patient Safety Conference Utilitarian Conferences Gathering (UCG) | Nursing | Dubai | 23 Jun 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | ESCAP 2027 — 22nd International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Athens) European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ESCAP) | Psychiatry | Athens | 24 Jun 2027 |
| 30 Jun 2027 | 9th Biennial Emirates Physiotherapy Conference 2027 Emirates Physiotherapy Society | Physiotherapy | Dubai | 30 Oct 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | IEEE EMBC 2027 — 49th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Singapore) IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) | Biomedical & Clinical Engineering | Singapore | 11 Jul 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | ESC Congress 2027 — European Society of Cardiology Annual Congress (Milan) European Society of Cardiology (ESC) | Cardiology | Milan | 27 Aug 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 39th European Congress of Pathology (ECP 2027) — Maastricht European Society of Pathology (ESP) | Pathology | Maastricht | 4 Sept 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | ERS Congress 2027 — European Respiratory Society International Congress (Milan) European Respiratory Society (ERS) | Pulmonology | Milan | 11 Sept 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | SingHealth Duke-NUS Scientific Congress 2027 (8th SDC, Singapore) SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre | Medical Education | Singapore | 17 Sept 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 28th World Meeting on Sexual Medicine (WMSM 2027) International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) & Middle East Society for Sexual Medicine (MESSM) | Urology | Cairo | 28 Oct 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | EES Congress 2027 — 6th World Congress on Endoscopic Ear Surgery International Working Group on Endoscopic Ear Surgery (IWGEES), Oman Otorhinolaryngology Society & Sultan Qaboos University | ENT / Otolaryngology | Muscat | 11 Nov 2027 |
| Rolling / TBA | 20th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA 2028) — Vancouver World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) & Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society (CAS) | Anesthesiology | Vancouver | 7 May 2028 |
Frequently asked questions
When are abstract deadlines for 2026 medical conferences?
Most close three to six months before the meeting. The table above lists every confirmed deadline we track and is updated as organisers publish their calls.
Can I still submit after the deadline?
Many organisers open a short late-breaking window, usually for new clinical trial data. Check the submission page linked from each event.
Do accepted abstracts earn CME credits?
Presenting does not itself award credit, but attending the meeting usually does — SCFHS-accredited hours are shown on each event page.